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Tag Archives: California
Notes on “Lifeguard”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The 1976 “Lifeguard” plays like a major-studio version of a CIP quickie. Its pleasures are CIP pleasures: unthought-out scenes of everyday people doing everyday things set against a backdrop that’s the more titillating for its relatability, … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Tagged California, Daniel Petrie, Film, Kathleen Quinlan, lifeguard, movies, Parker Stevenson, Sam Elliott
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Linkage
Paleo Retiree writes: Al Sharpton, shakedown artist? Should female tennis players really be paid the same amount as male tennis players? A great post by Peter Frost about how globalism and antiracism prevent people from accepting the realities of evolution. I’d add … Continue reading
Posted in Linkathons
Tagged al sharpton, California, carlos castaneda, cocktails, evolution, Fred Reed, hugo schwyzer, immigration, michel houellebecq, peter frost, Steve Sailer, tennis
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It’s 75 Degrees and the Jacarandas are in Bloom
Blowhard, Esq. writes: A scene today from my neck of the woods. Click on the image to enlarge.
Posted in Architecture, Photography
Tagged California, jacarandas, Orange County, traditionalism
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Architecture Du Jour: The Ventura Inn
Paleo Retiree writes: In the middle of Ventura, CA’s funky and not at all mall-like Historic Downtown Cultural District is this hardboiled-novel-worthy beauty. Fun tilework, dreamy colors, an excellent job of bringing the building right up to the sidewalk, as well … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged architecture, California, clarence jay, ventura, ventura inn
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Porches of Carpinteria
Paleo Retiree writes: Kicking around the town of Carpinteria, CA for a few days recently left me marveling at an architectural wonder too often taken for granted: the American porch. Carpinteria (or, as everyone calls it, “Carp”) is an idyllic … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture
Tagged architecture, California, Carpinteria, Michael Dolan, porches, small towns
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Creepshots Or Not: Isla Vista
Paleo Retiree writes: As an artsbuff and an enthusiastic snapshooter, I was fascinated by the debate that kicked up a while back about “creepshots.” (Gawker and Jezebel attack; Reddit bans a few sub-Reddits.) Briefly: young women protested that photographers shouldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Personal reflections, Photography
Tagged California, co-eds, creepshots, Isla Vista, photography, sex, UCSB
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Surf Music
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Related A good source. Another.
Posted in Music, Sports
Tagged California, surf music, surfing, The Chevells, The Revels, The Rumblers
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